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Baidu says sorry for false search results

Internet search company Baidu.com Inc yesterday apologized for accepting money from unlicensed medical companies for top search slots. Baidu confirmed in a statement that some websites did use the page-rank bid service to promote false medical... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Nov 19 2008

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